O P Jindal Modern School
Class 10- English Unit Test- 1
Time- MM- 50
SECTION A READING
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow-
If you think that image has nothing to do with reality, you are wrong. The Wright brothers
wanted to fly, and people considered them lunatics. Leonardo Da Vinci, Thomas Edison and Bill
Gates were considered as daydreamers when actually, they were visualising and imagining their
vision.
Whatever they were imagining years ago is now a solid reality. Imagination has much to do with
reality. It shapes the way we see our reality, and therefore, affects our expectations and hopes,
our actions and behaviour. Imagination is like software that programs our behaviour,
expectations and actions. This means that we have to be very careful with what we imagine since
what we see in our mind's eye can become our reality,
If we imagine bad things, we program our mind accordingly, and sooner or later see, act and
behave accordingly, and create what we imagined. This also works the other way. Imagine good
things, and this will affect your actions and behaviour, which consequently would create in your
life what you imagined in your mind. Your reality mirrors what goes on in your mind.
If you imagine yourself weak and poor, you will enact this part in your life, but if you imagine
yourself powerful and rich, you will eventually become so. Everything starts in the mind. A
business starts as a thought and a mental image. You first imagine yourself possessing a certain
kind of car, and then you do something to get it.
If you wish to lose weight, you start by imagining yourself slim and well-shaped. If this thought
is clear and focused, and you allow no doubt, you will sooner or later find the ideas, the
information, and the energy to do something about it. If you imagine yourself as an athlete, a
teacher or an actor, and repeat this thought in your mind, day after day, this thought will drive
you into action, and eventually would turn into reality. This is exactly how successful people
become prosperous.
Four reasons, why your imagination is creating the events in your life
When you imagine a certain thing, day after day, gradually, you start thinking about it most of
the time. This will drive you instinctively to search for information about it,
Using your imagination to build a mental picture of what you want tells your subconscious mind
that you really want it. Consequently, the subconscious mind will supply you the energy to do
something about it.
Your thoughts create a mental image of the object, situation or people you are thinking about,
and in subtle ways, affect you and your environment.
You, through your imagination, are shaping your life's events. If you tend to worry, think
negatively and expect failure, you are using your imagination in a negative manner. And vice
versa. If you imagine and envision progress, promotion and successful results, you will attract
opportunities and take action. Remez Sasson is the author of Strengthen Your Willpower and
Self Discipline
Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words. 4x2=8
(a) How are imagination and reality connected?
(b) With what has the writer compared imagination with?
(c) How do negative things happen?
(d) According to the writer, how does the process of losing weight start?
2. Choose the word which is closest in meaning to the words given below. 4x1=4
(a) Vision
(i) what one sees (ii) the sense of sight (iii) dreams (iv) blinding
(b) Instinctively
(i) naturally (ii) secondly (iii)firstly (iv)suddenly
(c) subtle
(i) cunning (ii) fine and delicate in meaning (iii) harsh (iv) noisy
(d) tend
(i) result in (ii) serve (iii) nurture (iv) have a tendency to
SECTION B WRITING AND GRAMMAR
2. You are Ankit/ Ankita, a resident of Karol Bagh, New Dehli. Write a letter to the editor of The
Hindustan Times, New Delhi expressing your concerns regarding child labour suggesting some
steps to be taken by the Government. 1x5 = 5
3- Fill in the blanks given below with the help of options that follow. 5x 1 = 5
A doctor (i)………… the habit of talking to the trees on the roadside as he took his walks in the
evening. He would (ii) …………. to kiss the trees lovingly and whisper kind words to them. This
(iii) ………. an odd but beautiful sight. It was indeed a noble act in this insensitive world. One
day he (iv)……….very upset to see one of his trees cut down. The nature lover was so upset that
he collapsed on the road.
(i)(a) has (b) had (c) with (d) have
(ii) (a) bend (b) bent (c) bended (d) bending
(iii) (a) is (b) was (c) has been (d) used to be
(iv)(a) would be (b) was (c) had been (d) had
(v) (a) had been collapsed (b) had collapsed (c) collapsed (d) started collapsing
SECTION C LITERATURE
4.1 Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow- 5x1=5
He stalks in his vivid stripes
The few steps of his cage,
On pads of velvet quiet,
In his quiet rage.
(a) Who is ‘He’ in the above lines?
(i) Tiger. (ii)- Humans watching the tiger
(iii)- Dreams of the tiger (iv)- Care taker
(b) Where is he?
(i)- beside the river (ii)- In a small cage.
(iii)- in his natural state (iv)- in his quiet rage
(c) How is he walking?
(i) Slowly and quietly (ii)- in an aggressive manner
(iii) Vividly strips (iv)- none of the above
(d) In which mood is he?
(i)-Pensive (ii)- happy
(iii) angry. (iv)- dejected
(e)- Name the figure of speech in ‘velvet quiet’
(i)-Oxymoron (ii)- Alliteration
(iii) Simile (iv)- Personification
4- Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow- 5x1=5
As I moved off, Mrs. Pumphrey, with a despairing cry, threw an armful of the little coats
through the window. I looked in the mirror before I turned the corner of the drive;
everybody was in tears.
(i)Where was the speaker going?
(a) To the hospital (b) To the church
(c) To the cemetery (d) To attend a meeting
(ii) Why was everybody in tears?
(a)Because the speaker will never return. (b) Because the speaker was ill.
(c) Because Tricki was being hospitalized. (d) Because Tricki will never return.
(iii)Who was Mrs. Pumphrey in the above lines?
(a) Tricki’s owner (b) Speaker’s friend
(c)Tricki’s helper (d)Speaker’s relative
(iv)Why was Tricki sent to the hospital?
(a) Because Tricki refused to eat anything.
(b) Because Mrs. Pumphrey was worried about Tricki’s health.
(c) Because Tricki had bouts of vomiting.
(d) All of the above
(v) The extract uses the phrase ‘with a despairing cry. Which of the following expressions is
incorrect with respect to the word ‘despairing’?
1. THOUGHT
4. MONTH DESPAIRING 2. TIMES
3- EXPRESSION
(a) Option 1 (b) Option 2 (c) Option 3 (d) Option 4
Answer the following questions in short in about 30-40 words each- 5x2= 10
1. Describe the young Seagull’s first attempt of fly.
2. What were Lencho feelings when he found the letter with money in it? What did he do
after opening the letter?
3. Why was Anne in tears, when she left the Montessori School?
4. How has the poet observed nature in the poem ‘Dust of Snow’?
5. According to the poet, what do ‘fire’ and ‘ice’ represent? Do you agree with him?
Answer the following questions in about 75- 100 words each 2x4=8
1. Man is a social animal. He has some obligations to society. Nelson Mandela says “In life,
every man has twin obligations.” What twin obligations does Mandela mention? How
can one fulfill these obligations?
2. Give a character sketch of Mrs. Pumphrey as shown in the chapter ‘A Triumph of
Surgery’. Remember to use maximum adjective for her instead of explaining the whole
story.
